Moderate Rain Lashes Nellore District; Manubole Records Highest Rainfall
All 36 mandals in SPSR Nellore district recorded rainfall, with Manubole receiving the highest at 66.2 mm amid a 39.8% seasonal deficit.
Moderate rain in intermittent spells lashed several parts of SPSR Nellore district, including Nellore city, on Thursday, with all 36 mandals recording rainfall, according to official data.
Manubole mandal recorded the highest rainfall at 66.2 mm, followed by Podalakur with 53.8 mm, Jaladanki with 50.8 mm, Chejerla with 48.2 mm and Vidavalur with 47.2 mm.
Seetharamapuram recorded the lowest rainfall at 5.2 mm, followed by Nellore Urban with 7.2 mm and Udayagiri with 9.4 mm. The district’s average rainfall for the day stood at 27.3 mm.
Despite Thursday’s showers, cumulative rainfall in the district from June 1 to October 22 stood at 340.3 mm, against the normal of 565.7 mm, representing a deficit of 39.8 per cent.
As many as 30 mandals were classified as deficient in rainfall, two as scanty and four as normal, the data showed.
